Anna Hursey, 11, makes history as she heads for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

An 11-year-old girl will make history instead of studying it when she becomes the youngest Briton, and possibly the youngest person of any nationality, to compete at the Commonwealth Games in April.

Anna Hursey, a table tennis player from Cardiff, is already ranked No 16 in Europe at under-15 level. After being selected by Team Wales for the Gold Coast games in Australia, she said: “Hopefully, I can show some people that I am good at this sport and not just go there to have fun.”

The Cardiff High School pupil says that her dream is to win an Olympic medal and she has been on several trips to China, where her mother was born, to receive specialist coaching. “I feel proud of myself but…

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